Littleton Purnell Franklin (January 18, 1831- April 9, 1888) was an American politician. Franklin, the son of Henry and Mary (Purnell) Franklin, was born on January 18, 1831, in Berlin, Maryland, where he spent nearly the whole of his useful life. He entered Yale College in the third term of the Freshman year. After graduation in 1849, he read law in Snow Hill, Md., with the late Judge John R. Franklin, and in May, 1852, he was admitted to the bar. Being in delicate health throughout all this portion of his life, he never entered on the practice of his profession, but employed his time principally in farming near Berlin. In 1867 he represented Worcester County in the convention which framed the present Constitution of Maryland. He was elected in 1871 to the Maryland House of Delegates from